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Updated Aug 16, 2026
Yugabyte is a privately held database company founded in 2016. It develops YugabyteDB, an open-source, PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL database for mission-critical, cloud-native applications requiring horizontal scalability, resilience, geo-distribution, and multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud deployment.
Primary product
YugabyteDB, offered as open-source software, the managed YugabyteDB Aeon cloud service, and self-managed YugabyteDB Anywhere.
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Team size
201-500
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Distributed databases and cloud data infrastructure
Offices
Business model
Leadership
Co-Founder & Co-CEO; previously Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder & Co-CEO; previously Co-Founder & President
Chief Marketing Officer
Vice President of Americas
VP, Global Partner Sales
VP, R&D Strategy & Operations
VP, Growth - Data and AI
Joseph Schiro
VP, Global People and Talent
Sophia Valentim
Vice President & General Counsel
Public materials emphasize open-source development, distributed work across multiple countries, database engineering, cloud-native systems, developer advocacy, and hiring across engineering, sales, and marketing. Detailed official benefits and culture documentation was not located in the reviewed sources.
Compensation
Publicly available evidence indicates employer-review scores of approximately 4.0/5 overall, with compensation rated approximately 3.7/5. Yugabyte does not appear to publish standardized compensation bands in the reviewed sources.
Pricing
Open-source YugabyteDB is available under the Apache 2.0 license. Commercial monetization is through the managed YugabyteDB Aeon service, self-managed YugabyteDB Anywhere, subscriptions, and enterprise support; specific current prices were not identified in the reviewed sources.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$10M annually; one third-party estimate places annual revenue at about $9.8M. This is an estimate, not public company-reported revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
107.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Yugabyte acquired Falarica Analytics, bringing its platform intellectual property and team into Yugabyte. The transaction is described by former Falarica and Yugabyte engineering leadership; financial terms were not disclosed.
SourceISG · Dec 2025
ISG assessed Yugabyte’s combination of distributed SQL, PostgreSQL and Cassandra compatibility, vector capabilities, MCP and AI integrations, migration tooling, and Aeon and Anywhere deployment options.
Business Wire · Jul 2025
Yugabyte announced expanded vector search, stronger PostgreSQL compatibility, MongoDB API support, online major-version upgrades and downgrades, built-in connection pooling, and integrations with major AI frameworks and services.
The New Stack · May 2025
The article discusses YugabyteDB’s distributed query execution, vector indexing, Performance Advisor, and the company’s open-source-plus-managed-service monetization strategy.
Business Wire · Apr 2025
Yugabyte launched Performance Advisor for its Aeon SaaS offering and an extensible vector-indexing framework intended to support AI and generative-AI workloads.
Business Wire · Jan 2025
Yugabyte announced YugabyteDB 2.25 with PostgreSQL 15 compatibility and online PostgreSQL version upgrades and downgrades designed to reduce migration risk and downtime.
14 jobs at Yugabyte